If an anticodon was 5\' GCU 3\' what amino acid would it carry? If a codon was 5

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If an anticodon was 5' GCU 3' what amino acid would it carry?

If a codon was 5' AGG 3' what would the anticodon of the tRNA be? What amino acid would it carry?

- Knowing that the bases are complementary and that the codon will read 3'CGA5', and that the codon translates from the 5' to 3' direction, therefore this would read 5'AGC3' This would mean the amino acid is Ser. Is this wrong?

- For question two, if the codon is 5'AGG3', the anticodon would be 3'UCC5'. The amino acid is Arg. Is this right?

Explanation / Answer

Answer:

Translation begins by reading messenger RNA in the 5' to 3' direction according to the genetic code in which a triplet of bases (a codon) is assigned to one of the 20 amino acids.

1). Anticodon: 5'GCU3'

Codon: 3'CGA5'

Correct position of codon to read amino acid: 5' AGC 3'

Amino acid: Ser

2).

Codon: 5'AGC3'

Anticodon: 3'UCG5

Amino acid: Ser

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